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How K–12 Classrooms Can Benefit from Robotics

EdTech Magazine

How K–12 Classrooms Can Benefit from Robotics. Classrooms are dynamically impacted by the dual forces of technological evolution and student expectation. This is especially critical in K–12 environments as millennials age out of the school system and are replaced by Generation Z. eli.zimmerman_9856. Fri, 09/06/2019 - 11:01.

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How To Boost Student Engagement: Modern Tools for Math Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

Let’s discuss some of the tools and techniques math teachers can use in the classroom today. Through these devices, students access web-based study tools, simulation tools, and apps where they can interact with their teachers and fellow students. These systems are also helpful in teaching learners how to graph equations.

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Challenges in Curation: Successfully Integrating Open Educational Resources in the Classroom

Digital Promise

As the teacher leading my SXSWedu classroom, I made a wrongful assumption my entire class entered the room with the same knowledge base. Teachers have been surfing the Web for lesson plans and ideas for their classroom for years. Define OERs. Librarians are trained master curators. Talk to my librarian.

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Victims of the system

Learning with 'e's

I worked for 20 years in classrooms, am married to a secondary school teachers, and I have been involved in teacher education for more years than I care to mention. But teachers are under pressure to ensure that all the children in their classrooms perform. Worse than being a teacher in the system is being a child, at the mercy of it.'

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A Guide to Choosing an Interactive Learning Platform

ViewSonic Education

Interactivity in the Classroom Gone are the days of passive learning, where students simply absorbed information without playing an active role in their learning. Today, the aim is to foster peer collaboration, engagement with digital tools, and teacher-student communication within the classroom.

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For Educators Who Get In Trouble But Want To Stay In Their Professions

The Jose Vilson

For years, I held onto the idea that people are complex human beings, especially in distressing systems. The system gave me a collective shrug for most of my troubles. But too much of our current knowledge base puts teacher activists in the past, as if we don’t have living examples among us.

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Do It Right the First Time: How to Maximize Your Edtech Investment

Edsurge

Unfortunately, so are school budget restrictions, unmanageable workloads and aging (not to mention underperforming) classroom technology, to name just a few concerns. Let’s explore the four principles that schools and districts should follow in order to maximize the potential of new classroom technology. Get ready for implementation.

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